Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Mazama, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Mazama who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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